Pursuant to section 2(1), second sentence, of the Building Code (BauGB), notice is hereby given that the Committee for Urban Development and Mobility, at its meeting on 24 September 2026, resolved as follows:
1. The resolution to initiate the planning process (B-042/2025) of 30 April 2025 by the Committee for Urban Development and Mobility concerning the project-specific local development plan No. 25/02 ‘ALDI supermarket, Zwickauer Straße 403’ is amended as follows:
Point 2 of the resolution now reads:
The project-specific development plan shall be adopted under the standard procedure.
2. The amended draft of project-specific development plan No. 25/02 ‘ALDI supermarket, Zwickauer Straße 403’, comprising the plan drawing (Part A) and the text (Part B) in the version dated July 2026, together with the explanatory statement, are approved and designated for publication.
The draft plan with explanatory statement, including the environmental report, shall be made available for public inspection in accordance with Section 3(2) of the BauGB during the period
21 October 2026 to 23 November 2026
on the internet at www.chemnitz.de/oeffentliche_auslegungen and on the Saxony state portal at www.bauleitplanung.sachsen.de.
In addition, the planning documents will be made available for public inspection at the New Technical Town Hall, Friedensplatz 1, in Public Inspection Room A014, to the left of the main entrance, during the following times:
Mondays to Wednesdays | from 8.30 am to 3.00 pm |
Thursdays | from 8.30 am to 6.00 pm |
Fridays | from 8.30 am to 12.00 pm |
During this consultation period, members of the public may submit comments on the project-specific development plan. Comments should be submitted electronically to stadtplanungsamt-beteiligung(at)stadt-chemnitz.de. If necessary, comments may also be submitted in writing at the Town Planning and Property Office or verbally for the record in Room B521. Please arrange an appointment with the Town Planning and Property Office by telephone (0371 488-6101) or email (stadtplanungsamt-beteiligung(at)stadt-chemnitz.de) before visiting in person.
Contact:
| Postal address: | City of Chemnitz City Planning and Property Office 09106 Chemnitz |
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Comments that have not been submitted in good time may be disregarded when a decision is taken on the development plan, provided that the local authority was not aware of their content and was not required to be aware of it, and provided that their content is not relevant to the legality of the development plan.
The following environmental information is available:
Reports and studies:
Species protection report, including mapping for 2024, for the project: ‘Construction of an ALDI supermarket in Siegmar’ (igc Ingenieurgruppe Chemnitz GbR)
New-build ALDI supermarket in 09117 Chemnitz, Zwickauer Straße 403 – Noise emission forecast for the planned operation of the facility (GAF – Gesellschaft für Akustik und Fahrzeugmeßwesen mbH – GAF mbH)
Site investigation report No. 24-128, new-build ALDI supermarket (Ingenieurbüro Woitke, Altenburg)
Concept for sewerage connection – Siegmar, parcels 171/XX, Zwickauer Straße 403 in 09117 Chemnitz (Zirpel & Pautzsch Ing.PartG, Altenburg)
Comments from authorities, public interest bodies and the public:
Protected species: animals, plants and biodiversity
Consideration of Map 13 ‘Area of particular importance for bats’ from the Chemnitz Region Regional Plan 2024 (Saxony State Directorate, 28 April 2026 and 1 July 2026; Chemnitz Region Planning Association, 24 June 2026).
Review of the avoidance and mitigation measures for species protection set out in the species protection report and the local development plan (Chemnitz Region Planning Association, 29 April 2026 and 24 June 2026).
Information on the approach and departure directions of bird roosts in the vicinity of the railway tracks (Deutsche Bahn AG, 5 May 2026).
Call for the full incorporation of all avoidance and mitigation measures into a planning permission notice, as well as for independent ecological supervision throughout the entire construction process to minimise the impact of the development (NABU Regionalverband Chemnitz-Erzgebirge e.V., 27 April 2026).
Guidance on preventing bird strikes against glass panes and on minimising the adverse effects of artificial lighting on birds (Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz e.V., 6 July 2026).
Requirements and guidance on safeguarding the ecological function of breeding and roosting sites, on supplementary species-specific surveys, on monitoring potential winter roosts and on the protection of potential bats during building demolition, on the design and earlier provision of replacement roosts, on replacement habitats for protected reptiles, and on the review of the impact-mitigation assessment; furthermore, objections to the felling of the two old oak trees (Public Consultation Ö4, 4 May 2026).
Protected resources: land and soil / contaminated sites
Notes on the location of the planning area outside a suspected radioactive site and a designated radon precautionary area, as well as recommendations regarding radiological investigations prior to the start of construction and the proper handling of potentially contaminated materials; additional comments on the site investigation report (Saxon State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology, 30 April 2026).
Note regarding the suspected contaminated site ‘Chemnitz-Siegmar railway station’ (Chemnitz Region Planning Association, 24 June 2026).
Water as a protected resource
Consideration of Map 11 ‘Regional Focus on Groundwater Remediation’ from the Chemnitz Region Regional Plan 2024, including Objective Z 2.2.1.1 (Saxony State Directorate, 28 April 2026 and 1 July 2026; Chemnitz Region Planning Association, 29 April 2026 and 24 June 2026).
Climate as a protected resource / Climate adaptation
Recommendation to include binding provisions on the use of renewable energies and on green space planning measures (Chemnitz Region Planning Association, 24 June 2026).
Protected Asset: Landscape and Town and Country Scenery
Consideration of the urban quality along the Zwickauer Straße thoroughfare, as well as an in-depth analysis of the project’s impact on the townscape and the quality of the environment (Chemnitz Chamber of Industry and Commerce, 5 May 2026 and 25 June 2026).
Human health
Reference to the consideration of noise pollution from the 2022 noise mapping in the environmental report (Chemnitz Regional Planning Association, 24 June 2026).
Cultural Heritage and Other Material Assets
Marking of the cultural monument on the plan sheet until demolition has been completed (Saxony State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments, 8 April 2026)
Comments on the archaeological significance of the project site and on the presence of archaeological cultural monuments in the vicinity of the medieval town centre (State Office for Archaeology, 21 April 2026).
Note on the significance of the former savings bank building as a cultural monument and an integral part of the established inner-city fabric, as well as a request for an assessment of the preservation and integration of the historic building fabric and for an in-depth analysis of the impacts on the protected heritage (Chemnitz Chamber of Industry and Commerce, 5 May 2026 and 25 June 2026; Public Consultation Ö2, 26 March 2026).
Guidance on taking the cultural monument into account and on the regeneration or subsequent use of the inner-city brownfield site, whilst taking into account the planning permission for the demolition of the former Sparkasse building already granted under heritage protection legislation (Chemnitz Region Planning Association, 24 June 2026).
Chemnitz, 6 October 2026
signed Börries Butenop
Head of the Urban Planning and Property Office